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>People often forget we create laws and give people rights (property, patents, right of way on roads, attendance to public schools, free speech) because these r
by logicchains 9y ago
>People often forget we create laws and give people rights (property, patents, right of way on roads, attendance to public schools, free speech) because these rights serve society as a whole.
Some people believe rights are actually inherent, not "given" by anyone. Indeed the US constitution uses the phrase "We hold these rights to be self-evident", and you'll find the justification is not utilitarian (not based on appeal to some ideal outcome).
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- eli_gottlieb 9y ago>Indeed the US constitution uses the phrase "We hold these rights to be self-evident", As a matter of fact, the Declaration of Independence uses the phrasing, "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." The Constitution does not use any similar language, the Declaration of Independence is not a legal document, and there's nothing equal about San Francisco land ownership.